Location: Wounded Knee, South Dakota

The Wounded Knee Massacre was a conflict that took place in 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, between the U.S. Army and the Lakota peoples. According to James W. Forsythe, Colonel of the Seventh Cavalry and Commander at the Battle of Wounded Knee, the actions of the American forces at Wounded Knee were justified and necessary. Forsythe claims to have been following protocol as it relates...